The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week they investigated a variety of issues, such as the risks of tax software, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), methadone overdose deaths, and defense acquisitions and infrastructure . If you would like to know more about the GAO, check out the library's guide.Reports
- 2008 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirements. GAO-09-487, April 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-487
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09487high.pdf - Bank Secrecy Act: Suspicious Activity Report Use Is Increasing, but FinCEN Needs to Further Develop and Document Its Form Revision Process. GAO-09-226, February 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-226
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09226high.pdf - Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs. GAO-09-326SP, March 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-326SP
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09326sphigh.pdf - Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Periodically Review Support Standards and Costs at Joint Bases and Better Inform Congress of Facility Sustainment Funding Uses. GAO-09-336, March 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-336
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09336high.pdf - Defined Benefit Pensions: Survey Results of the Nation's Largest Private Defined Benefit Plan Sponsors. GAO-09-291, March 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-291
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09291high.pdf - Export Promotion: Commerce Needs Better Information to Evaluate Its Fee-Based Programs and Customers. GAO-09-144, March 4.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-144
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09144high.pdf - Health-Care-Associated Infections: HHS Action Needed to Obtain Nationally Representative Data on Risks in Ambulatory Surgical Centers. GAO-09-213, February 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-213
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09213high.pdf - Methadone-Associated Overdose Deaths: Factors Contributing to Increased Deaths and Efforts to Prevent Them. GAO-09-341, March 26.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-341
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09341high.pdf - Nuclear Nonproliferation: Strengthened Oversight Needed to Address Proliferation and Management Challenges in IAEA's Technical Cooperation Program. GAO-09-275, March 5.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-275
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09275high.pdf - Tax Administration: Many Taxpayers Rely on Tax Software and IRS Needs to Assess Associated Risks. GAO-09-297, February 25.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-297
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09297high.pdf - Troubled Asset Relief Program: March 2009 Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues. GAO-09-504, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-504
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09504high.pdf
- Export Promotion: States' Export Promotion Agency Survey (GAO-09-148SP), an E-supplement to GAO-09-144. GAO-09-148SP, March 4.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-148SP - Troubled Asset Relief Program: Capital Purchase Program Transactions for the Period October 28, 2008 through March 20, 2009 and Information on Financial Agency Agreements, Contracts, and Blanket Purchase Agreements Awarded as of March 13, 2009 (GAO-09-522SP, March 2009), an E-supplement to GAO-09-504. GAO-09-522SP, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-522SP
- Management Report: Improvements Needed in SEC's Internal Controls and Accounting Procedures. GAO-09-376R, April 2.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-376R - Review of Special Counsel Expenses for the 6 Months Ended September 30, 2008. GAO-09-367R, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-367R
- Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Are Taking Actions to Track Contracts and Contractor Personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, by John P. Hutton, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-09-538T, April 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-538T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09538thigh.pdf - Defense Acquisitions: Measuring the Value of DOD's Weapon Programs Requires Starting with Realistic Baselines, by Michael J. Sullivan, director, acquisition and sourcing management, before the Panel on Defense Acquisition Reform, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-09-543T, April 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-543T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09543thigh.pdf - Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the Department of Defense. GAO-09-449R, March 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-449R - High Speed Passenger Rail: Future Development Will Depend on Addressing Financial and Other Challenges and Establishing a Clear Federal Role, by Susan A. Fleming, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-09-560T, April 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-560T - Human Capital: Improved Implementation of Safeguards and an Action Plan to Address Employee Concerns Could Increase Employee Acceptance of the National Security Personnel System, by Brenda S. Farrell, director, defense capabilities and management, before the Subcommittee on Readiness, House Committee on Armed Services. GAO-09-464T, April 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-464T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09464thigh.pdf - Information on Proposed Changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. GAO-09-420R, February 27.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-420R - Oil and Gas Management: Federal Oil and Gas Resource Management and Revenue Collection in Need of Stronger Oversight and Comprehensive Reassessment, by Franklin Rusco, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-09-556T, April 2.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-556T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09556thigh.pdf - Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues, by Gene L. Dodaro, acting comptroller general of the United States, before the Senate Committee on Finance. GAO-09-539T, March 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-539T - Wildland Fire Management: Actions by Federal Agencies and Congress Could Mitigate Rising Fire Costs and Their Effects on Other Agency Programs, by Robin M.Nazzaro, director, natural resources and environment, before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, House Committee on Appropriations. GAO-09-444T, April 1.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-444T
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09444thigh.pdf
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